Moscow, Oct 1 (IANS/ITAR -TASS): Economic sanctions are causing suffering and hardship to millions of Syrians and also "a massive exodus of refugees", Russia has told the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

Washington, Oct 1 (IANS): A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asked Pakistan to shun terrorism to make peace with India, a top US defence official suggested that over time Islamabad "flirted" with terrorism as state policy and now it has boomeranged on it.

Washington, Oct 1 (IANS): In a move reflective of growing defence ties between the two sealed during last week's visit here of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the US has made India a "groundbreaking collaborative defence proposal" to co-develop with India a next-generation Javelin antitank capability, according to a top defence official.

Islamabad, Sep 30 (IANS): Pakistan's Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan has termed India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's jibe against the Pakistan Army as "unnecessary" and maintained there was no disharmony between the military and civilian government on all international issues.